Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-22

AArt AF1f l'eTbari9, the most eharffnt,l
+ young women in the United STATE
and Il Is said tha their list Of fersisyr,
sFs contains no less than go name
ana that their gifts amount to 4 rouns
SiWDy yearly. They inherit fheii
Charitable tastes. Their father n,
noted for bis almsgiying. and theil
mother paid the rent for one hur,drel
families for several years before n,
eled, and gave, Il Is said, $40 90 veal
% the poor.
Mrs Philip Armour il very shasi,s.
BE. Mrs. Leland stanford doc ,u,,eb
transformations giving, and am tod
that Hetty Green gives coasiIerabIs.
though she Is very careful that IL goes
70 the right persons.
Mrs. Green's chief ambition seems
70 De 70 make money. and. / might
add, also 70 save e. She Is not At an
e1traEagant, aud there was an item
punished not long ago which described
M az carrying a sum Of m0aey 70
Philadelphia herself in order 10 save
the heavy charges which would have
been entailed had Il been sent in some
other manner. She sometimes carries
fortunes IN securities about New York
IA her hand satchel, and uses the street
cars a. often as she does her carriage
MS. Hopkins Is thoroughly acquainted
with al the ways Of business. She has
. broad grasp Of financial questions.
looks alter her interests closely. and
drives y bargain with both tact and
economy.
Miss Elizabeth Garrett was the con-
hdentiAl secretary Of her father for
some years before he died. and she un-
derstands the value OF Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad stock as well as aDybody
in the country.
the vile Of the late John w. Tiff, who
was known some years ago as the cat
ne king Of Colorado. Ilif left about
10000 head Of cattle. and il is said
that his widow manages his estate as
vel as any business man could. She
went to Colorado as a sewing machine
agent, though she came Of a wealthy
family and could have remained at
home doing nothing. She there met
Him and married him, and I doubt not
the experience she obtained in connec-
ton with the sewing machine aids her
IN the management OF her fortune.
Speaking OF cattle. there is q cattle
queen IN Texas, near Corpus Christi.
Mrs. Rogers. who is said TO be worth
81 ,OO0.OO. and who has many times as
much stock as Job had in his most
prosperous days. Her husband Is a
preacher. but Mrs Rogers manages
the business. She sells the stock her
self. buys all the supplies, and can ride
a horse as well as any of the many
cowboys whom she has in her employ.
Another cattle queen is the widow of
General Meredith Of Illinois, and she
breeds a different kind Of cattle from
Mrs. Rogers. Her stock is Of a better
grade. Meredith was worth about
$500, 900 along in the seventies, but he
failed. His wife took what was left of
the herd, managed it and made money.
She was content with a good round
price for her stock, and she did not
believe in owning $4,000 bulls and
5000 calves.
One OF the wealthfest women OF Ohio
is Mrs. George Ward Nichols, who is
said to have an income Of $500. 900.
She is the daughter of Joseph Long
worth, and is the founder and propri-
etor OF the lockwood pottery, which
Is now noted for its exquisite work
manship both in Europe and America.
Mrs. Nichols took up the pottery craze
when Il came over the country few
years ago. She developed the art taste
of Cincinnati and established this fac
tory. She works in il about five hours
daily. and i constantly at work inn
proving her ware. Her works sell well
in New York, and they have an inter-
national reputation.
Mrs. Frank Leslie has made 81 900 900
in four years, and there is no brighter
business woman in the world.
The richest woman in South Amer
lea is good business woman. She is
Dona Isadora Cousino of Santiago,
Chilli. She got one big fortune from
her father and married another. Her
husband died. AMI she has now millions
of acres Of land. millions of money,
hundreds of thousands of cattle, aud
coal, copper aud silver mines, rail
road and a fleet Of iron steamships
She has an income OF several millions
a year, and her coal mines bring her
IN $50 900 a month. She owns a town
OF seven thousand people. and pays out
100000 a month Ia wages. She has
superintendent for all her establish
ments, aud she receives weekly reports
from them. She is sharp at driving
bargain. and. while she Is very gener-
Gus, she requires strict account OF
every dollar made and spent upon her
estates She il still under fifty, and
declares she will never marry again.
She understands fortune hunters and
fortune hunting. and is satisfied 10 re-
main as she Is
have said nothing about the rich
married women Of the country-wO-
men who have property In their own
right-and forgot TO mention among
the rich unmarried girls that Amanda
Eubanks, who lives near Sparta, Geo.
IS the richest negress i'm the world. 1t
il said that Miss Eubanks received
500 .000 from the estate Of q wealthy
Georgia planter, who died in 1885, leay-
ing an estate 81 about $4,000. He
had no children, but a large number
OF relatives. He cut of his kindred
with small sums, and bequeSthed the
remainder as above stated
Speaking OF rich married women,
many 81 our prominent public men
have added TO their fortunes by good
marriages. Whitelaw Reds wife, the
daughter Of u. q. Mills. is worth u
fortune. Mayor Hewitt, OF New York
AAAtH nkH HAbrHNAAhA AARtA AAAA tAAAAN AN
was made tutor 20 Peter Cooper's
daughter, whom he afterwards mar
ricd. Senator Payne's wife brought
considerable real estate into the fam
lily, and the old Perry farm. upon part
OF which the old Payne homestead
stands. is now in the most fashionable
part of Euclid avenue. Secretary
Whitney married = prospective for
tune in Henry r. Payne's daughter
and Mrs. Whitney or her children viii
probably fall heir % the dozen OF more
millions which her bachelor brother
Oliver owns. Congressman Hitt, Of
Illinois. got a nice lot with his wife,
and John Hay was made a millionaire
by his marriage with the daughter oi
AmaSa Stone. Congressman Thomas
Rayne, Of Pittsburgh, has made good
deal 1t money himself; but his wife.
who IS the daughter OF smith, the part
uer Of Hostetter. who made the stom-
ach bitters. has fortune which runs
high into the hundreds Of thousands
And Senator Hale's wife inherited 4
fortune from her father, Zach Chand-
Ter.